The Regional Human Rights Commission of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region (CRDH) is organizing a meeting on the Thematic Report of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) on “The Effectiveness of the Right to Health, Challenges and Ways to its Strengthening”, on Friday 25 November 2022, at 3.00 pm in Al Hoceima, Morocco.

This meeting is part of the implementation of the CNDH mandate in line with Law No. 76-15 and its strategy based on the effectiveness of human rights. It is also organized considering that the right to health is one of the fundamental rights stipulated in the Constitution and human rights international covenants, mainly the Universal Declaration for Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), besides the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

This meeting aims to launch a public debate on the report’s contents and the implementation of its recommendations published in February 2022 to face the imbalances and deficiencies and conduct reforms to address the situation. It also intends to contribute to ensuring the effectiveness of the right to health for all, including vulnerable groups.

Representatives of the Ministry of Health, Directors of regional hospitals, public and private Doctors, professionals and associations working on health, legal experts, specialists and the media will participate in this public debate.

This thematic report is developed based on the outputs of meetings and consultations organized by the CNDH and its CRDHs, both nationally and regionally, to address the situation of the effectiveness of access to the right to health in Morocco.